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Carotene, alpha

Discover how amounts vary across foods, on a shared basis for comparison.

Chemical reference: alpha-carotene (C40H56). USDA reports Carotene, alpha separately. [1] [2]

alpha-carotene — 2D chemical diagram — **Depicted form: alpha-carotene**
This reference form does not represent every form included in the USDA quantity.
Description, source and attribution
Reference depiction: alpha-carotene. Formula C40H56; PubChem CID 6419725; charge 0. This specified form does not represent every form or molecule included in the USDA quantity.
PubChem Compound 6419725, 2D Structure. NCBI / National Library of Medicine. Source · Reuse terms
Source check: 2026-09-13 · No scientific editorial review.

A COMMON BASIS

Foods, per 100 g

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73 foods with data 33 not reported, excluded from ranking

Butternut squash
Butternut winter squash, baked without salt.
1,130 µg
Mandarin
Raw mandarin/tangerine, edible portion.
101 µg
Tomato
Red ripe tomato, raw, year-round average.
101 µg
Sweet corn
Yellow sweet corn, boiled, drained, without salt.
23 µg
Green peas
Green peas, boiled, drained, without salt.
22 µg
Dried oregano
Dried oregano.
20 µg
Black pepper
Black pepper spice.
12 µg
Orange
Raw orange, all commercial varieties; edible flesh.
11 µg
Mango
Raw mango; variety not specified.
9 µg
Banana
Ripe or slightly ripe, raw edible banana.
7 µg
Pink and red grapefruit
Raw pink and red grapefruit, all areas.
3 µg
Papaya
Raw papaya, edible portion.
2 µg

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UNDERSTAND THE DATA

The nutrient, in context

How to read this ranking

This page compares Carotene, alpha (Carotene, alpha), in µg per 100 g of food.

Chemical forms and measurement methods remain separate. “Not reported” means a value is unavailable, not that the food contains zero. A food’s rank does not determine your individual needs or diagnose a deficiency.

Intake guidance

There is no validated NIH ODS fact sheet for this identity in Bitameans’ published version. We do not assign another nutrient’s recommendations to this form. An absent fact sheet does not mean that no upper intake limit exists.

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Identity and structure sources

PubChem Compound 6419725: Alpha-Carotene · Accessed 2026-09-13
USDA FoodData Central: Foundation Foods Documentation · Accessed 2026-09-13

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